Safety cigarette holder and container therefor



Sept., 25, 1956 Dl 1 CQFFEY 2,764,164

SAFETY CIGARETTE HOLDER AND CONTAINER THEREFOR Filed NOV. 30, 1955 I f'f r {/KENTOR. Wauw gf@ 5f M M United States Patent O SAFETY CIGARETTEHOLDER AND CONTAINER THEREFOR Daniel J. Coey, Bronx, N. Y.

Application November 30, 1953, Serial No. 395,140

1 tClaim. (Cl. 131-175) This invention relates to cigarette holders anda container therefor.

It is an `object of the present invention to provide a spring expandiblecigarette holder adapted to be retained within a container incombination with a pack of cigarettes, means being provided in thecontainer for releasibly mounting the cigarette end of the holder in theside of the container with the cigarette disposed entirely within thecontainer.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a cigaretteholder of the above type wherein the cigarette holding member comprisesa mouthpiece adjustable within an external sleeve to permit of smokingthe entire length of the cigarette and to facilitate the cleaning of themember.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a cigarette holderand container therefor bearing the above objects in mind which is ofsimple construction, inexpensive to manufacture, has a minimum number ofparts, is easy to use and efficient in operation.

For other objects and a better understanding of the invention, referencemay be had to the following detailed description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of a cigarette holder and containertherefor embodying the features of the present invention, the containerbeing shown closed about a package of cigarettes with the holdersupported at the upper end of the container cover, shown partly brokenaway;

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the bottom half of the container afterthe package of cigarettes has been removed and showing the cigaretteholder connected to one side thereof for smoking a cigarette `entirelytherewithin and acting as an ash tray;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the line 3-3 of Fig.2;

Fig. 4 is an end elevational view of the bottom half of the container;

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the cover of the containerand showing in phantom the manner in which the retractable cigaretteholder is secured within the top thereof;

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line 6 6 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a transverse sectional View taken along the line 7-7 of Fig.3.

Referring now to the figures, and particularly Figs. l through 7, thereis shown a container for a package of cigarettes 10 made up of a bottombody portion 11 and a cover portion 12 slidable thereon, substantiallyas illustrated. The cover 12 (Fig. 5) is provided at each end withinwardly pressed shoulders 13 near the top thereof by means of which aspring expandible holder 14 is secured therewithin, the normal length ofthe cigarette holder 14 being, of course, greater than the distancebetween the shoulders 13, whereby to retain the holder in the positionshown. The lower portion of the shoulders 13 will provide a stoplimiting the downward sliding movement of the cover when mounted uponthe container to prevent the cigarette holder 14 when in the cover fromcrushing the `ends of the cigarettes in the package.

The body portion 11 at each end is provided with a circular opening 15intermediate the top and bottom thereof and a circular lopening 16, theopenings 15 and 16 being formed on the outer faces of the body with thecircular rings 17 and 18, respectively. The body 11 and moreparticularly the ring 18 (Fig. 4) is formed with oppositely disposedinwardly extending projections 19 for a purpose which will hereinafterbecome clear. The opening 15 is of sufcient diameter to snugly engage acigarette inserted therethrough, permitting the major portion of thecigarette to be disposed within the body portion 11 while being smokedand providing a convenient ash tray therefor.

The cigarette holder 14 includes a mouthpiece 20 having the usual bore21 and a second enlarged bore 22 at the end remote from the mouth,forming a shoulder 23 (Fig. 3), a cylindrical member 24 being receivedwithin the bore 22. The member 24 at its end remote from the mouth isintegrally formed with an enlarged head 25 substantially equal indiameter to the diameter of the cigarette, the member 24 being providedwith a longitudinal bore 26. A sleeve 2'7 slidably receives therewithinthe mouthpiece 2() and tube 24, the interior of the sleeve 27 beingformed with a wall 28 having an opening 29 which slidably receivestherethrough the body of the tube 24 but which abuts the head 25,limiting the outward displacement of the tube 24 in an obvious manner.The sleeve 27 is provided with an elongated slot 30 in which rides a pin31 fixed to the mouthpiece 20 and tube 24, limiting the displacement ofthe mouthpiece 20 in each direction. The slot 3i) is provided at its endremote from the mouth with a lateral extension 32 and intermediate itsends with a second lateral extension 33, each adapted to receive the pin31 upon rotation of the mouthpiece 2t) whereby to lock the latterrelative to the sleeve. A spring 34 sleeves tube 24 intermediate wall 28and the end of mouthpiece 20 and normally urges the head 25 against thewall 28, as shown in Fig. 3.

The end of sleeve 27 remote from mouthpiece 20 is provided (Fig. 7) withbayonet grooves 35 and slots 36, permitting the end of the sleeve to bepassed through opening 16 when slots 36 are aligned with the lugs 19 ofthe body portion 11, whereupon the holder will be secured by simplytwisting the sleeve within the opening in an obvious manner.

The spring 34 will normally urge the holder 14 to its full extendedlength (Fig. 3), this length being greater than the distance between theshoulders 13 and permitting the hoider to be snapped into the cover andretained therein, as shown in dotted outline in Fig. 5. The cigarettepack 10 may then be inserted into the body 11, and the cover slid intoplace (Fig. l). 1n use, with the cigarette pack 10 removed and theholder 14 snapped out of the cover, a cigarette is placed into the openend of the sleeve 27 whereupon the latter is inserted through opening 16in the manner described, and twisted, permitting the cigarette to besmoked and utilizing the container 11 as an ash tray (Figs. 2 and 3),air being drawn inwardly through the open top of the body 11 and throughopening 15. When it is desired to utilize the full distance of thecigarette, the mouthpiece 20 will be pushed inwardly and then rotatedwhen pin 31 is adjacent slot extension 33, to lock the mouthpiece in theinwardly projected position which moves the head 25 closer to the openend of the sleeve 27. To eject the cigarette, the pin 31 is rotated fromslot extension 33 whereupon the mouthpiece 20 is pushed further inwardlyice and twisted so that pin 31 locks into extension 32, the head 25pushing the cigarette completely out of the sleeve and into thecontainer 11. The container 11 may then be emptied after using, theholder 14 removed by twisting movement and snapped into the cover 12,the cigarettes 10 replaced in the body of the container and the latterclosed into a compact unit (Fig. l).

What is claimed is:

An article of the character described comprising in combination acontainer adapted to hold a conventional package of cigarettes, a coverhaving depending side walls and a top and adapted to slidably closethetop open end of the container, the said cover being provided with apair of cooperating inwardly pressed shoulders adjacent the top wallthereof adapted to hold against displacement a spring expansiblecigarette holder fitted longitudinally in the cover between the top ofthe inwardly pressed shoulders and the closed top of the cover, saidcontainer having an opening therein adapted to receive therethrough thesmoking end of the cigarette holder and rreleasable means for securingsaid cigarette holder` to the said container whereby to permit thecontainer to be used as an ash tray during the smoking of a cigaretteheld within the said cigarette holder, kthe lower portion of theshoulders providing a stop limiting the downward slidable movement ofthe cover when mounted on the container.

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